Original Halloween costumes front: cut out a hole in front for the window. I just made a hole and poked it through and taped it down along with the bottom flaps of the box. I used it for my electric cord on the back. My husband gave me an old electric cord he cut off an old appliance. Original Halloween costumes backside: I painted a rectangle and made six slices across to make it look like a vent (don’t forget the armholes like I did). We painted them both red (make all cuts first). The smaller box must be wider so you can fold part of the sides to connect it to the inside of the larger box (the chips and candy will be placed on the inside box.) With the mirrored poster board used it will help reflect the light and show off the inside of the vending machine.
BUBBLE GUM MACHINE COSTUMES FULL
For the full effect at night time I taped in three (one on each side and one at the top) white light up sticks. I glued a small jewelry box on the inside for the coin return box and labeled it as such.
The box that was glued in for the candy to “Drop” down to can all so be used for people to put the “Trick or Treat candy into.Īt the bottom of the buttons I cut another small flap and once again covered it with craft foam. This was an extra bonus to the candy she received. This allowed real money to be able to be dropped in the slot and caught (which we had a lot of people (Grandparents) doing). Behind the slot I glued in a paper towel tube with a hole in the tube, even with the coin slot in the vending machine at the bottom of the paper towel tube I glued a small butter dish. I then cut a slot for the coins to be deposited and labeled it as such “EXACT AMOUNT 50$”. At the top of the buttons I glued another small piece of craft foam in a contrasting color. I put the letters on the top and numbers on the bottom. I then used sticky letters / numbers decals or you could use a sharpie to label each button then glue them on in order. For the number / letter buttons I found very sturdy craft Styrofoam which I cut into the desired button size.
I first glued on a large piece of black craft foam. Now you have to make the side where the buttons are. The word “snacks” was also cut from craft foam and glued across the top. I then covered the flap with a piece of solid black craft foam the word “push” was also cut from the craft foam and glued on.
For the flap or door covering, the catch box, I only cut the flap on three sides and folded it back. Do not glue in the plastic window until everything else is completed, it makes it easier to work with out the window there.įor the drawer where the candy should fall I took a shoe box and cut it down to the desired size and glued it to the front of the box. I then measured the opening of the front window and went to the local hardware store and got the cheapest piece of plastic for the front of the window. On the front of each slinky row I used key tags and put a Letter – Number for each row. Hot glue the stuffed candy wrappers inside the slinky slots. Then I filled each candy wrapper with polyester fiber fill, cotton balls would probably work also. I carefully cut open each package and ate the candy inside (this was the best part of making this costume). For the candy I had to use the “Fun Size” bars. I then hot glued each rotary piece centering it on the rack pieces that were already hot glued inside the box. I did this for all three rows.įor the rotary parts that hold the candy I used a plastic slinky, stretched it out, cut it and hot glued it to another piece of wooden dowel. I then laid another piece of the wooden dowel across the front and back, hot gluing it in place making a support rack to hold the rotary piece. I hot glued them to the side of the box measuring up from the bottom to get it even on both sides. To make the racks to hold the candy I used small square wooden dowels. I then used mirrored poster board and lined the inside of the box. I took contact paper and covered the outside of the box. I measured and centered the front to figure out where to put the front of the vending machine window, leave enough room on one side for the buttons and coin slot and leave enough room at the bottom for the drawer. I then made a back panel in the box so you could not see my daughter inside the box. First thing was to cut arm holes and an opening for her head. I came up with the idea for this kids Halloween costume after helping fill the vending machine at my work.
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